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VA Hospital Town Hall Meeting

Horrifying stories New Mexico veterans shared at a town hall meeting today.

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Updated: 7:44 PM MDT Jun 7, 2014

VA Hospital Town Hall Meeting

Horrifying stories New Mexico veterans shared at a town hall meeting today.

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WEBVTT FROM LONG WAITS TO SEE A DOCTOR TO BEING SENT HOME WITH SERIOUS INJURIES - THOSE ARE SOME OF THE HORRIFYING STORIES NEW MEXICO VETERANS SHARED AT A TOWN HALL TODAY. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER IS LIVE MIKE? ROYALE MANY SHARED SIMILAR STORIES OF TROUBLE TRYING TO GET THE CARE THEY NEED. A PROBLEM VETERANS SAY HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS WITH LITTLE BEING DONE TO FIX IT. ONE BY ONE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS SPOKE ABOUT THEIR EXPIRENCES AT THE VA HOSPITAL. 9 months, I was suppose to be in there for 6-12 weeks. I ended up choosing, opting to cut my leg off because of the pain IT WAS PART OF A TOWN HALL PUT ON BY CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM AT CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SATURDAY. SOME SAY THEY'VE WAITED A YEAR TO SEE DOCTORS. OTHER SAY THE VA SENT THEM ON THEIR WAY DESPITE BEING BADLY INJURED. they sent me home with pain killers, multiple fractured ribs, a broken knee, a messed up kidney IT COMES AFTER NEWS WIDESPREAD WAITS AND DELAYS IN GETTING THE CARE AT THE VA. PROBLEMS MANY VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES SAY HAVE MADE THEM LOSE TRUST IN THE VA. SOT i've stopped going to the va. I've got private insurance and now I see my own doctors LUJAN GRISHAM ENCOURAGES MORE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO COME FORWARD SO SHE SAYS SHE AND HER STAFF CAN WORK TO FIX THE PROBLEMS. SOT we get as much of all of that information as possible and we get the right things done immediately for veterans and their families SOME VETERANS TELL US THEY DID FIND THIS TOWN HALL HELPFUL. BUT THEY WANT TO SEE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR WHAT THEY SAY HAS BEEN GOING ON AT THE VA.. REPORTING FROM CNM MIKE SPRINGER KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS LUJAN GRISHAM STAFF SAYS SHE MAY HOLD MORE TOWN HALL MEETINGS ON THE V-A HOSPITAL CRISIS IN THE

VA Hospital Town Hall Meeting

Horrifying stories New Mexico veterans shared at a town hall meeting today.